Study Veenhoven (2000a): study ZZ 1992
- Public
- Adults, general public, 44 nations, early 1990's
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 60000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Summed opportunities
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Index of
a. Political freedom
(assessed by inquiries among experts, which consider legislation and practice on 11 dimensions. Both civil and political rights are condensed in one score.)
b. Economic freedom:
Expert ratings of economic freedom in nations on four aspects:
- security of the money one has
- freedom to produce/consume what one wants
- freedom to keep what one earns
- freedom of exchange
(Condensed in one score)
c. Personal freedom
(Index of:
A Official limits in freedom of abortion
B Informal limits on freedom as apparent in public rejection or acceptance of:
- divorce
- abortion
- sterilization
- homo-sexuality
- prostitution
- suicide
- euthanasia
(Condensed in one score)
a, b, c combined in one factor.